Streetwise Articles
OPEC Tweaks Forecast
Source: MarketWatch, Polya Lesova (5/11/10)
"OPEC revised slightly higher its estimate for global oil demand growth for 2010. . ."
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Record Drop in U.S. Energy-Related Emissions
Source: World Nuclear News (5/11/10)
"While emissions have declined in three out of the last four years, 2009 was exceptional."
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Profit from the Cardium Oil Formation
Source: Keith Kohl, Energy & Capital (5/10/10)
'Smells like oil, doesn't it?'. . .'No, it smells like money."
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Speculators Increase Bets on Gasoline
Source: Bloomberg, Asjylyn Loder (5/10/10)
". . .large speculators increased their bullish bets on gasoline to record highs."
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Victor Gonçalves: Betting on the Raw Materials
Source: Tim McLaughlin and Karen Roche of The Energy Report (5/6/10)
Equities and Economics Report writer Victor Gonçalves says the cobalt story is still yet to come. In this exclusive Energy Report interview, Victor also explains how to tell the real rare earth companies from the wannabes.
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Oil Futures Decline to Lowest Level Since March
Source: MarketWatch, Kate Gibson and Claudia Assis (5/6/10)
"You have a two-headed monster attacking oil prices today."
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Moment of Truth for Gold, Silver, Oil and SP500
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy (5/6/10)
Keep tightening your protective stops and to keep new positions small because once prices start to sell off they will most likely drop like a rock.
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Another Drop in Nuclear Generation
Source: World Nuclear News (5/5/10)
"Annual generation of nuclear power has continued on a slight downward trend"
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China Faces Up to Summer Power Crunch
Source: China State Power Information Network (5/5/10)
"[China's] power-generating companies may plunge into red if state-set power tariff does not rise in tandem"
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Casey's Chief Economist on the Eye of the Storm
Source: Bud Conrad interviewed by Louis James, International Speculator (5/5/10)
For our first foray into the deeper regions of someone else's mind, we've decided to have a talk with our chief economist, Bud Conrad.
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The Chinese Monopoly Monster Takes Another Bite
Source: Brian Hicks, Energy & Capital (5/4/10)
They're onto something new now, and it makes everything that came before it looks like practice. . .
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Urgent: Don't Make This Dangerous Resource Mistake
Source: Keith Schaefer, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin (5/4/10)
Looking to the XNG:NYSE Natural Gas Index for the future of natural gas could be making a costly mistake.
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Asian Bank Unveils Initiative to Generate 3GW of Solar
Source: Renewable Energy Focus (5/4/10)
". . .initiative will generate 3GW of solar power over the next three years."
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India Feeds Its Hunger for Coal
Source: Energy Tribune, Priyanka Bhardwaj and Michael Economides (5/4/10)
". . .domestic output is not keeping pace with the demands of a fast-growing Indian economy."
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Ethanol Production Continues Record Pace
Source: DOMESTICFUEL, Cindy Zimmerman (5/3/10)
"February 2010 ethanol production averaged more than 833,000 barrels per day."
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Mickey Fulp: Bullish on Uranium and Rare Earths
Source: Karen Roche of The Energy Report (4/29/10)
Mickey Fulp, "The Mercenary Geologist," in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, tells us why his eyes are on uranium right now and how the unique niche rare earth market is heating up and still at early stages, providing potential investment upside.
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Gissen and Berol: Uranium Demand Outstrips Supply
Source: Tim McLaughlin and Karen Roche of The Energy Report (4/29/10)
Malcolm Gissen and Marshall Berol see uranium demand, and a corresponding price increase, continuing in the coming years as more nuclear power plants come online. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Malcolm and Marshall talk about a wide range of opportunities in the energy sector.
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Crude Higher on Improving Economic Outlook
Source: Dow Jones Newswires, David Bird (4/29/10)
"The Fed may as well have said: 'Go buy more oil.'"
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U.S. Use of Nuclear Energy on the Rise
Source: Nick Hodge, Energy & Capital (4/28/10)
So the much anticipated climate bill has been delayed. Again. . .
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Scientists Shorten Oil-Making Process by 300 Million Years
Source: Click Green (4/28/10)
"Heating micro-algae in a pressure-cooker can fast-forward the crude-oil-making process from millennia to minutes."
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EPA Makes Its Case on Climate Change
Source: New York Times, Elisabeth Rosenthal (4/28/10)
"Polls show that tackling climate change is a low priority for the American public."
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Lithium Development in Bolivia Heats Up
Source: Lithium Investing News, Dave Brown (4/28/10)
"[Bolivian] President Evo Morales has declared lithium to be the "hope of humanity."
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Flaw in CCS Theory May Puncture Clean Coal Dream
Source: Oil Price, Darrell Delamaide (4/28/10)
"Clean coal likely to remain a chimera rather than a real solution to carbon emissions."
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Fed. Green IT Program Offsets 100% of CO2 Emissions
Source: Environmental Leader (4/28/10)
"More than a dozen federal agencies are participating in a 'green' IT program."
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Guess Hu Came to Washington?
Source: Click Green (4/27/10)
"The fact is China will not commit economic suicide."
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